Apple's Mac App Store to Open on January 6 — Apple® today announced that the Mac® App Store℠ will open for business on Thursday, January 6. By bringing the revolutionary App Store experience to Mac OS® X, the Mac App Store makes discovering, installing and updating Mac apps easier than ever.

Apple to upgrade MacBook Pro and iMac in 1H11 — In addition to iPad, Apple is set to launch upgraded MacBook Pro and iMac models in the first half of 2011, according to sources from upstream component makers. — The sources noted that Apple plans to launch at least four upgraded MacBook Pros …

Making Photo Tagging Easier — Every day, people add more than 100 million tags to photos on Facebook. They do it because it's an easy way to share photos and memories. Unlike photos that get forgotten in a camera or an unshared album, tagged photos help you and your friends relive everything …

The wait is over: Announcing Nexus S availability in the U.S. — Last week we announced Nexus S, a pure Google phone. With a brilliant 4" Contour Display, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, the latest Google mobile apps and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) pre-installed, we're excited about getting this great device out there.

Flipboard Adds Google Reader, Flickr and More … It has only been a couple of weeks since its last major update, but today Flipboard, the social magazine for iPad, has released yet another new version of its app into the iTunes App Store. This time around, Flipboard has added support …

Google, MySpace Finally Land New Ad Deal — Google and MySpace have finally struck a new ad deal, replacing the three-year, $900 million pact that expired this fall. The two companies aren't handing out details on the new pact, but have made it clear that it's not going to be anything like the old one …

Julian Assange freed on bail — WikiLeaks founder is wanted in Sweden for questioning over allegations of rape — Britain's high court today decided to grant bail to Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who is wanted in Sweden for questioning over allegations of rape.

U.S. Urges Web Privacy ‘Bill Of Rights’ — The Obama administration called Thursday for the creation of a Privacy Policy Office that would help develop an Internet “privacy bill of rights” for U.S citizens and coordinate privacy issues globally. — The U.S. Commerce Department's report stopped short …

Young and Mobile: A Global View of Cellphones and Youth — Nielsen's new whitepaper on Mobile Youth Around the World reveals that most young people with mobile phones chose their own device. In fact, across all the countries surveyed, only 16 percent of young people reported that their parents selected their mobile phone.

Google Goes To the Cloud For New Idea In PC System — In the personal-computer industry, where things change fast, one fact has been a constant for years: There are two major, mainstream operating systems for consumers. One, Microsoft Windows, runs on many brands of hardware and dominates sales.

Safer plug-ins, faster search, and richer graphics — Last week, we previewed several upcoming features that will be available to users on Chrome and Chrome OS. Today we're excited to introduce a few of these new security, speed, and open web platform features into Chrome's beta channel.

Generations 2010 — There are still notable differences by generation in online activities, but the dominance of the Millennial generation that we documented in our first “Generations” report in 2009 has slipped in many activities. — Milliennials, those ages 18-33, remain more likely …

Oracle Takes on Microsoft, Google With Cloud Office — Oracle on Wednesday announced Cloud Office 1.0, a Web-based productivity suite that is set to give online applications from Microsoft and Google a fresh dose of competition. — Cloud Office is integrated with the on-premises Oracle Open Office …